Letters From Royal Icing Breaking!

I am doing a graduation cake with a cap. They want congratulations on it with the girls name.

I have made a template from the computer to trace over but my writing it terrible. I have use tip 2 and 3. After they are dry and I go to place them on the top of the cap they keep breaking!! I have done this 3 times.

Is there anything I can use so the royal will not keep breaking?

Can I make them from a stiff BC and hope they dry enough to place on top of fondant cap?

I struggle with royal breaking too. So now I use white coating chocolate instead and find it doesn't break nearly as easily. Just do it the same way you did the royal, stick your pattern underneath wax paper.

Do it like with floodwork: put the template under a lightly greased parchment paper and secure to a firm surface. Pipe over the template and let dry completely. The letters should come off easily when you slide a VERY THIN blade under them.

Parchment works just as well as waxed paper. Are you sure you're giving it enough time to dry? Does it break when trying to remove from paper? Sounds like it's not sticking to paper but breaking as you handle it. If so, try placing with tweezers.